Consider the plight of a mid-career or even freshly minted electrical engineer in 1960. He or she was perched precariously between two worlds – the proven, practical, and well-supported world of ...

The device that heralded the beginning of the 20th century electronics industry first saw the light of day in late 1906, just over a century ago. This was the triode electron tube, or audion, as its ...

IN recent years great advances have been made in the use of electronic devices in industries outside the sphere of ‘communications’. Mr. Henney's book should do much to further the advance. The author ...

By the late 1800s, the scientific world was buzzing with questions about electricity and light. Several researchers were ...

In the Feb. 1 issue, we discussed what you’ll find inside an electron tube and its basic principles of operation. Now let’s talk about how that tube works in an FM radio transmitter. The key to ...

IT has been recently reported 1 that neutrons are liberated from beryllium by -rays of radium and that these are able to induce radioactivity in iodine. Following up this work, we have attempted to ...

Newly-discovered physical principles are often the driving cause for the invention of new kinds of devices such as the transistor. It is one of the highlights in the history of electronics, and ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Early radio inventors used a variety ...

Offers a range of light detection solutions, down to photon counting levels, from UV to near IR. Products include photomultiplier tubes, power supplies with low power consumption, signal processing ...

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